League of Legends' pre-season 2023 is set to see the return of the Chemtech Drake
On October 3, 2022, League of Legends provided information regarding the return of Chemtech Drake, a neutral monster that was banned from the game earlier this year due to it being overpowered. This time around, the developers are introducing a few changes to make the drake feel balanced.
This article will briefly go over the changes that are getting introduced to Chemtech Drake for pre-season 2023. It is also vital to mention that the impact of these changes is currently difficult to determine, but they do look promising.
Chemtech Drake was originally added to the game back in the 2022 pre-season. However, community outrage led to it being banned indefinitely from both solo queue and professional games.
It seems that Chemtech Drake is ready to make a return with League of Legends Season 13. In June, the developers announced that they would be tweaking Chemtech Drake and provided a brief outline of the changes.
Along with the pre-season 2023 preview, full details have been provided regarding these changes.
The changes to Chemtech Drake that are set to arrive later this year are as follows:
However, the changes do not end here. Once Chemtech Drake has full control over the Rift, it will also make changes to the map. Changes to the map under the influence of Chemtech Drake are as follows:
The changes to Chemtech Drake appear to be significant. The damage boost that Chemtech Soul will provide sounds very interesting, but it remains to be seen if it's able to make a huge difference.
If the damage boost is too high, there may be a few nerfs later on to restore balance. However, the changes to the map are what makes Chemtech Soul much more valuable in League of Legends.
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